2026 Awareness Week

Teaching Member Bios

Joy Arcolano

Joy Arcolano is an Associate Professor of voice & speech at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where she teaches Vocal Physical Connections, Movement, Theatrics, and Oration. Voice Over Lab, and Shakespeare Text. A teacher of the Alexander Technique and a graduate of the teacher-training program founded by Debi Adams, she is also an award-winning actor and voiceover artist – heard on commercials internationally and as the voice of hundreds of books and characters for Scholastic. She is currently completing her certification in Vocal Combat Technique, and her voice training reaches back to Shakespeare & Company and the London Academic of Music and Dramatic Art. A member of Alexander Technique International, she works through her private studio, Voice Catalyst, with emergent and established performing artists and entrepreneurs at the meeting point of voice, breath, and embodied awareness.

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Francesca Arnone

Francesca Arnone (DMA) is Associate Professor at the University of South Florida School of Music and also teaches in USF's Judy Genshaft Honors College. She previously taught at Baylor, West Virginia, Boise State, and Idaho State universities, and recently served on the faculties of international flute festivals in Costa Rica and Peru. An active orchestral, opera orchestra, and chamber musician, she performs throughout the state of Florida. Francesca is a certified AT teacher and integrates the Alexander Technique into her teaching, playing, and living.

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Naomi Eshel

Naomi Eshel – head of training course. A history of stage performances led me to stress and then to an AT training course.

Julia Gilroy

Julia's career as a professional dancer sparked her interest in body mechanics and well-being. Introduced to the Alexander Technique at Surrey University, she trained in Paris with Gilles Estran certifying as a teacher in 1999. There, she met David Gorman and trained as his apprentice becoming a certified LearningMethods teacher in 2007. A member of Alexander Technique International (ATI) and ATI France, Julia teaches at the health centre of the École Nationale Supérieure de Danse (PNSD) in Mougins and has an Alexander Technique practice in La Colle sur Loup. She stays committed to ongoing professional development through global workshops and conferences.

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Patrick Johnson

I've been teaching Alexander Technique since 2010 at Smartbody studio, an AT/Pilates studio in the heart of Amsterdam NL where I work with students of all background and train people interested in teaching AT. I also teach improvisational dance and running. I have a science background and am a co-founder of the website www.alexandertechniquescience.com.

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Seong-Eun Kim

(사)알렉산더 테크닉 코리아 대표이자 국제공인 교사과정 디렉터. 숙명여대 체육교육과 박사 수료, 명지대 겸임교수로 활동하며 교육·공연예술 분야에서 알렉산더 테크닉을 가르치고 있다.

ATI-certified Alexander Technique teacher, educator, and Director of Alexander Technique Korea.

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Akemi 朱美 Kinomura 木野村

日本に最初にできたアレクサンダー・テクニークの学校で、海外のすばらしい先生方からトレーニングを受けました。1999年からアレクサンダー教師として活動。著書3冊は、ベストセラーになり、アジア圏の複数の言語に翻訳される。日本の茶道の指導資格もあり、弓道（日本のアーチェリー）経験も。・・・・・・

I received training from outstanding teachers from overseas at the first Alexander Technique school established in Japan. I have been active as an Alexander Technique teacher since 1999. My three books have become bestsellers and have been translated into multiple languages across Asia. I am also certified to teach the Japanese tea ceremony and have experience in Kyudo (Japanese archery).

Bob Lada

Bob Lada is a Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique having received his certificates from Tommy Thompson and from Alexander Technique International. Bob is a professor at Berklee College of Music and a member of the Effortless Mastery Institute there. Bob's primary background is in athletics and analytics and he looks at the Technique as a tremendous aid in getting out of one's way in performance situations so that creativity and skill can come through. His perspective on AT is one of transformation as the path to more fully participating in the present. He teaches at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, the Alexander Technique Center of Cambridge, Chesapeake Bay Alexander Studies as well as in private practice in Cambridge, MA. He has taught at American Repertory Theater and Harvard Extension School, conducted workshops throughout the USA, Asia, and Europe and is a charter member of Alexander Technique International. Bob has also completed Actors Secret training with Betsy Polatin which he continues to study. This training combines Alexander Technique with the trauma work of Peter Levine and the breath work of Carl Stough.

Tania Laughton

I am a certified teaching member of Alexander Technique International (ATI). My Somatic Studies, together with my university degree in Exceptionality in Human Learning, have shaped my teaching style and have helped me develop a better understanding of individuals' needs and sensibilities. I have learned a more holistic approach to teaching, dealing with a student as a whole person, while slowly guiding them through a process that will lead them to a better quality of life and to rediscover their inherent poise. I graduated from Susan Sinclair's Alexander Teacher training program in 2013, where I worked with Martha Hansen Fertman, Sakiko Ishitsubo, Peter Nobes, and David Gorman. I have also trained as a dancer for over two decades. I am currently exploring both roles (leader and follower) in Tango.

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Ainesh Madan

Ainesh Madan (he/him) is a dance artist currently based in Bangalore, India. He is a co-founder of the 206 DanceCollective, an Alexander Technique International (ATI)-certified Alexander Technique teacher, and a Ceann-Iuil (Pathfinder) in the animist tradition of Sagh'ic-Tire Dhream. Ainesh attended Bard College (USA) on a full-tuition scholarship, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Economics.

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Rosslyn McLeod

My own Alexander studies began more than fifty years ago. My Alexander teacher training was in the 1970s and 1980s. Melbourne 1986–1996 was when I did my research into Alexander's Australian years, 1869–1904. My book about those times – Up From Down Under – is now in a 4th edition, published by Mouritz. My 70 minute DVD – Frederick Matthias Alexander His Life... His Legacy... – covers both Alexander's own life and the development of his work, and modern day use of the Alexander Technique.

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Gaby Minnes Brandes

Gaby Minnes Brandes, Ph.D. has been teaching the Alexander Technique for over 30 years. She has been teaching in various universities in BC and works collaboratively with voice, movements, acting and music instructors. Gaby works extensively in collaboration with musicians, voice, movement and acting instructors. Gaby encourages students to explore, experiment with, and reflect on their habitual patterns, as they seek effective and efficient ways of using themselves in any activity. Much of Gaby's current work and research focuses on exploring the connections between Alexander Technique and creativity. Her most recent study looked at the synergistic relationship between Mindfulness and Alexander Technique. See http://alexandertechniquecentre.ca.

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Dayita Nereyeth

Dayita Nereyeth is an Alexander Technique teacher, dancer, and editor based in Bangalore, India. She is interested in creating space for people to observe and explore habits, tensions, and ways of being. Dayita trained to teach the Alexander Technique with Robin and Béatrice Simmons. She is the first homegrown Alexander Technique teacher in India. Dayita is a teaching member of Alexander Technique International.

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Rosa Luisa Rossi

Ich unterrichte die Alexander-Technik in Einzel und Gruppensettings, begleite Gesundheitsprogramme in Unternehmen – speziell auch für zahnmedizinische Teams und arbeite in Leadership-Trainings am IMD-Lausanne mit. In meiner Arbeit geht es um mehr als Haltung – es geht um innere Klarheit, Selbstwahrnehmung und den achtsamen Umgang mit Energie.

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Judith Saxton

As a 35-year musician and educator, Judith Saxton is a Certified Teacher with ATI. A 2015 graduate of the North Carolina Teacher Training program of Chesapeake Bay Alexander Studies, she aids in boosting the brain–body bond for both individuals and groups. Teaching online and in-person, she facilitates choice, change, and ease of movement in activity via a gentle undoing and unlearning process. Judith also offers guest artist residencies worldwide that incorporate her somatic and musical worlds to amplify her students' 'voice' and creativity. Judith is a Registered Somatic Movement Educator (R.S.M.E). of the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA).

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Kanae Tsuneki

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Dr. Maria Weiss

Alexander Technique Teacher • Music Educator • Mezzo-Soprano • Flautist

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